Commonwealth ex rel. Hensel v. Provident Bicycle Ass'n

Citations

• 178 Pa. 636
• 36 A. 197
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 990

Syllabus

<p>Insurance — Protective insurance — Protective association — Bicycles.</p> <p>A corporation was chartered under the act of April 29, 1874, by a court ■of common pleas “ for the purpose of the accumulation of a fund by assessments for the protection of its members from loss by reason of injury to •or the losing of bicycles.” Each member was required to pay $6.00 per year, by virtue of which payments the corporation agreed to (1) clean bicycle twice during year; (2) repair tire when punctured by accident; (3) repair bicycle when damaged by accident; (4) replace bicycle when ■destroyed by accident; (5) replace bicycle when stolen, if not recovered in eight weeks, and provide a bicycle during that time. There was no ■agreement to pay money for any loss. Held, that the corporation was not' ■an insurance company within the meaning of the act of May 1, 1876, P. L. 63, and that its charter should not be forfeited by quo warranto proceedings.</p>